In order to better judge the hardware requirements for some ready-made satellites that Skynet Google may or may not be making in the future, Google decided it would be a pretty cool idea to strap a few of its brand-spankin’ new Nexus S phones to some weather balloons, and send them skyward and out into the edges of our atmosphere.

There, the phones met with tiny little aliens, and they discussed the future of smartphone computing. You can clearly see one of the little fellows peeking into the camera in the screenshot, above.

Don’t just take my word for it, though, check it for yourself in the video, below.

http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1

[via Daily Mobile]